mukim / moekim (English: “Mukim (Friday-prayer congregation / territorial unit)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Originally a ‘Vrijdagskring’ (Friday-prayer circle) requiring at least 40 male free adult Muslims (moekims) for a valid Friday service in a meuseugit.
Translation
Mukim (Friday-prayer congregation / territorial unit)
Description
Originally a ‘Vrijdagskring’ (Friday-prayer circle) requiring at least 40 male free adult Muslims (moekims) for a valid Friday service in a meuseugit. Evolved into a territorial unit comprising several gampongs, headed by an imeum. Self-standing mukims exist alongside oelèëbalangschappen; some owe their independence to wakeuh-land declarations by the Sultan.
Significance
The term mukim / moekim is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 334.